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# mooowahahahaa!
I've been trying to fathom the voting system.. and it has made my head pop.

so night night people.

hopefully I'll wake up to a black president in america... and then the meteors shall come just like deep impact predicted.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:02, archived)
# Basically,
whoever gets the most votes in the state, gets all of the electoral colleges there, which is basically a points system. Each state has an amount of points.

So you need 270 points to win.

Does that make sense?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:04, archived)
# Basically, the world's greatest democracy
isn't a democracy at all.

But I'm trying hard not to be a cynic tonight. Goodbye Bush!
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:07, archived)
# ^This to the utmost
That's what I have to keep reminding myself. George Bush is gone. Forever. No more Bushes. Ever. HUZZARATIONS!
(I helped save b3ta! Tu9 01100011011101010110111001110100, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:09, archived)
# *Howard Dean Scream of joy*
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:11, archived)
# there's still jeb.
don't go counting your chickens.. etc.

count your eggs by all means though.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:11, archived)
# democracies are hardly democratic anyway...
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:10, archived)
# Yeah, but is true democracy possible in a modern society?
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:12, archived)
# Discuss (5000 words)
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:14, archived)
# So glad I'm not a politics student :D
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:15, archived)
# niether am i
in fact, by the end of the week i wont be a student for a while...
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:17, archived)
# but there's states called with no votes registered on the bbc site..
lol. silly thing.

first past the post is silly.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:08, archived)
# It's bizarre that the TV networks decide the result.
Silly Americans!
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:10, archived)
# First past the post isn't silly with this.
It will be hilarious seeing alaska, as the last state, and Sarah Palins, being useless :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:17, archived)
# recall the special cases where the electral college votes are broken up by congressional areas...
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Wed 5 Nov 2008, 2:09, archived)